The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-03
WHAT MR.. CLEVELAND REALLY
SAID.
Mr.. Hickey, to Whom Senator Vest
Talked, Gives the Interview in Detail.

Mr.. Hickey, to Whom Senator Vest
Talked, Gives the Interview in Detail.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
WASHINGTON, April est seems that
the person who gave the information about
a Senator saying that Cleveland would not
run again was Mr. Joseph Hickey, of Mis-
souri,, generally known in Washington.
Said / to Mr. Hickey: ~ have heard it
said that you gave the Information that
Cleveland had said that he should not run
again."
YES; and / do not mind telling YOU all
about it. Mr.. George Vest, in converse
ton at Chamberlain's, after a good meal.
talked freely about the President, and he
was combating the views of others, who
thought Cleveland was pulling wires for n
denomination What he said was so inpor-
tant that l told Richardson and Jim Young,
two writers for Baltimore and Philadelphia
l then thought it was the proper thing to
give an equal chance to Mr.. Knapp, who
writes for one of the st. Louis papers. Mr..
Knapp used the matter; the others waited. "
Now, what was it that Mr.. Vest did
say!'
been riding out Tenleytown road, and had
encountered the President going to his Red
Top mansion. A day or two after that Mr.
Vest met the President and had some con-
versation with him. The conversation hap
pened on Wednesday, April 20 Mr.. Vest
told the President he was glad to have seen
him on the road, and said: You ought to
go out more for your health The President
said that he could only afford to go out
there two days in the week, though he
would like TO go every day. Said he: Il have
TO work at the details OF this govern
ment in my office, where the papers and in
formation are, and | can not afford to take
more than two days. Mr. Vest told the
President, according to his statement, that
he must keep himself in good trim and be
ready for the behests of the party, which
would surely nominate him this summer
year. The President said, decidedly: No,
sir; if | can get through this term OF my
office and leave the Democratic party in
better situation than | found il, / want
them to nominate and elect some good Dem
ocrat. | shall not consume my strength
and health any further with the place
This was said so emphatically by the
President that Mr.. Vest was astonshaa and
he told the President that he would have
walkover. The President intimated that he
doubted If he could be elected in view of the
hostility throughout his own party. But he
said that the work was wearing on his health
and patience; that the details of the office
required careful examination; that other
people said he could delegate this work, but
nc Clu llOJ see MS way clear TO 90 50. There
was no way to understand the government
but TO look at it for ones own self
with ones own spectacles He
repeated that he wanted to retire; that the
calls upon him, the Interruptions TO his daily
life, the sense Of responsibility he carried.
self-consciousness and complaint in the party,
all made him feel that one term of such
office was enough for any man 10 have and
lven
IL +ho obo,,o ;s an,,tI,;oc, ILL., a 4,.s,,,.s.:..
Of what the President said Go Mr.. Vest it
shows that the President cannot carry as
stout load OF work us his predecessors have
done.